Vocabulary
Published on Nov 19, 2015
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VOCABULARY
BY: AUBREY CATES- PARR
Reform
Def: to improve (someone or something) by removing or correcting faults, problems, etc.
Sentence: I will reform the building.
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Progressive
Definition: happening or developing gradually over a period of time
Sentence: We are progressing towards world peace.
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Prohibition
Definition: the act of not allowing something to be used or done
Sentence: The prohibition of drugs is a good decision.
Suffrage
Definition: the right to vote in an election.
Sentence: Women got suffrage a while back.
Populism
Definition: Populism is a political doctrine in which one sides with "the people" against "the elite". Populist sentiment contributed to the American Revolutionary War, and continued to shape the young United States afterward.
Sentence: One of the most important driving forces in politics today is populism.
Suburbs
Definition: residential neighborhoods built outside a central city.
Sentence: I live in the suburb.
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Demobilization
Definition: moving from wartime to a peacetime economy.
Sentence: We are going through a time of demobilization.
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Refugees
Definition: people forced to leave their homeland because of war or persecution.
Sentence: we are refugees in Russia.
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